Saturday, January 23, 2016

Eggplant And Tomato sabzi / baingan aur tamatar ki sabzi

Eggplant is one of my favorite vegetables. I love cooking with it and use it either in curries, sabzi or in sambar. Today, I will be sharing with you all a very delicious and easy to prepare sabzi that goes perfectly well with hot phulkas or roti.

Ingredients:Note: All measurements are based on the US measuring cup and spoon sizes where 1 cup = 235 ml

Eggplant / baingan (small variety) : 500 grams

Onion (finely chopped) : 1 cup

Tomato (finely chopped) : 3/4th cup

Garlic (finely chopped) : 1 tbsp heaped

Oil : 1 tbsp

Dry red chillies :2 broken

Urad dal / black gram : 1/2 tsp

Mustard seeds / rai : 1/2 tsp

Cumin seeds / Jeera : 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves / Kadi patta : 5-6

Turmeric powder / haldi : 1/2 tsp

Coriander powder / dhania powder : 1 tbsp

Red chilli powder : 1 tsp (Adjust according to taste)

Jaggery powder / Sugar : 1 tsp

Salt as per taste

Procedure:

Wash the eggplants and cut them in to pieces and keep them in salt water until ready for use.